Chapter 7: External Soul Bone
Upon hearing the introduction to Oscar's Soul Skill, Zhao Wuji was even more excited than Oscar, because he fully understood just how powerful detoxifying and removing any negative effects was.
Detoxification aside, that was easy to understand.
As for the effect of removing any negative effects, although it only lasted for a short five minutes, Oscar's second Soul Skill had no rank limit. For a Soul Master, five minutes in a battle of the same rank was enough to grant a huge advantage.
Because negative effects included a variety of bizarre ones like dizziness, slowing, weakening, charm, and more.
Flender had once encountered a Soul Master skilled in controlling such bizarre negative effects, and Flender had suffered quite a bit because of it back then.
"Teacher Zhao, I have another special gain," Oscar said, not waiting for Zhao Wuji's praise.
"A gain? Could it be a Soul Bone?" Zhao Wuji was shocked.
Besides a Soul Bone, Zhao Wuji couldn't think of any other gain.
Oscar smiled knowingly, and the excitement and agitation on his face could no longer be concealed. He slowly raised his left hand, and a sharp sword condensed from azure Soul power slowly appeared. His entire left hand seemed to be a sword, a full meter long.
"Teacher Zhao, take this!" Oscar strode forward, his left arm raised and slashing down. This time, Zhao Wuji didn't catch it bare-handed but activated his Martial Soul, a pair of thick bear paws appearing to block Oscar's attack.
Although Zhao Wuji had activated his Martial Soul, he still felt a sharp pain. He discovered that his thick bear paws had actually been marked with white lines.
"So sharp?" Zhao Wuji exclaimed inwardly.
"Little Oscar, what is this?" Zhao Wuji asked, his voice filled with doubt and disbelief.
"Teacher Zhao, as you can see, besides my powerful second Soul Skill, I also obtained a Soul Bone. And it's an external Soul Bone, not taking up any of the six main Soul Bone slots," Oscar explained happily.
"An external Soul Bone?!" Zhao Wuji was more than just surprised; he found that Oscar was bringing too many surprises.
Zhao Wuji had heard of the mystical nature of external Soul Bones. They were special bones that could fuse with a Soul Master and continuously evolve along with the Soul Master's strength.
A fully grown external Soul Bone could easily rival a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Bone.
Not only did Oscar gain a powerful support Soul Skill, but he also obtained such a powerful external Soul Bone for offense. Moreover, the quality of this azure long sword condensed from Soul power was definitely not inferior to the Martial Soul of a strong attack-type Spirit Equipment Soul Master of the same rank. This would be Oscar's killer move.
"Teacher Zhao, this external Soul Bone is on my left palm. I call it the Azure Spirit Jade Sword. It also comes with two abilities: Condensation and Severing. And when I use the external Soul Bone, my strength and attack power increase by fifty percent," Oscar explained.
This location was one Zhao Wuji had managed, so it was very safe now, which was why Oscar directly showcased the ability he had just gained.
"Condensation means I can compress my Soul power into sword qi, with power and hardness equivalent to a strong attack-type Spirit Equipment Soul Master of the same rank. Severing increases the attack power, making it sharper, with an attack power surpassing that of a typical strong attack-type Soul Master," Oscar said.
Zhao Wuji was stunned. Although it sounded powerful, it wasn't as good as seeing it in action. Zhao Wuji said directly, "Little Oscar, attack me again with your external Soul Bone and test its power."
"I'd be happy to." Oscar also wanted to verify the power of the Azure Spirit Jade Sword.
In an instant, Oscar's left arm was completely enveloped in azure Soul power. The sharpness of the Azure Spirit Jade Sword he held in his hand was even more pronounced. Oscar charged straight at Zhao Wuji, his sword momentum sharp and unstoppable.
Zhao Wuji's bear paws clashed with the Azure Spirit Jade Sword. Although he wasn't injured, the sharp pain with each strike represented the extraordinariness of Oscar's external Soul Bone.
Although Oscar hadn't learned any sword techniques, he had studied Dragon纹棍法 (Dragon-pattern Staff Technique) under Li Yusong for nearly three years. Although he had no sword moves, the Azure Spirit Jade Sword in Oscar's hand carried endless sharpness, and every strike had a sharp, imposing aura, making it look quite authentic.
Suddenly, Oscar warned, "Teacher Zhao, be careful."
Then Zhao Wuji saw Oscar's left arm lift straight up, the Azure Spirit Jade Sword in his hand dispersing into azure Soul power light that spread around him. Afterwards, one-meter-long azure jade swords condensed around Oscar's left arm, reaching a total of ten.
"Fuck!" Zhao Wuji exclaimed inwardly. Was he using the external Soul Bone as his Martial Soul?
With a loud shout from Oscar, "Go!"
The ten jade swords instantly flew towards Zhao Wuji, surrounding him completely, attacking his head, eyes, nose, ears, and lower body from all directions.
Zhao Wuji didn't dare to be careless. He immediately unleashed his first Soul Skill: Immovable Vajra Body. With a bear's roar, the jade swords were blocked one by one and then dissipated into the air.
Oscar quickly took a stored Super Recovery Sausage from his Spirit Device to recover his Soul power. That single attack had consumed half of his Soul power.
Although it wasn't as domineering as the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One from the Sword Douluo Chenxin that he had watched in his past life, the power of the ten jade swords was not to be underestimated. Zhao Wuji had to use his first Soul Skill to block them.
It wasn't that Zhao Wuji couldn't defend without using a Soul Skill. After all, he was already level seventy-four. With the gap in their Soul power levels, even without using a Soul Skill, Oscar couldn't hurt him; at most, he might have shaved off a bit of his bear fur.
The reason he used a Soul Skill was because Oscar's attacks were so tricky, and he also wanted to use the Soul Skill to once again test the power of Oscar's ability.
"Little Oscar, this external Soul Bone of yours is something else. It can practically be used as a half-Martial Soul," Zhao Wuji said, retracting his Martial Soul in admiration. "The attack power of this move is already no weaker than that of a same-rank attack-type Spirit Equipment Soul Master, and it's even a bit stronger."
"Teacher Zhao, that's what I think too. I think I can develop it well. Maybe I can be considered a half strong attack-type Soul Master," Oscar said, retracting the Azure Spirit Jade Sword and smiling back.
"Let's go back to the academy and give Flender old bastard the good news to make him happy too," Zhao Wuji said with a smile.
After that, the two set off on their return journey. Because of this extraordinary gain, Oscar himself was incredibly excited.
In his past life, while reading the original novel, he had marveled at Tang San's heaven-defying luck for getting the Eight Spider Spears external Soul Bone at level thirty. Now, he should be considered blessed by the gods of luck, right?
To get such a powerful and cool external Soul Bone with only his second Soul Ring, how could Oscar not be excited?
And most importantly, possessing this external Soul Bone directly弥补 (mibǔ - made up for) the shortcoming of his weak combat power in the early stages.
In Oscar's view, although the Azure Spirit Jade Sword couldn't absorb Soul Rings to gain Soul Skills like a Spirit Equipment Martial Soul, with the two special abilities of Condensation and Severing, if properly developed in the future, it might also allow Oscar to possess combat power no weaker than a same-rank strong attack-type Soul Master.
However, Oscar hadn't systematically studied sword techniques, so in the future, he would need to step by step train and experiment to achieve what he envisioned in his heart.
But now that he had this means of attack, it meant his path in the future would be much smoother.